The World’s First Fully Solar-Powered Stadium
Solar panels are making their way onto a wide variety of buildings across the world including college residence halls, movie theaters and now, sports stadiums. Taiwan has a newly built stadium created for the 2009 World Games in July, and it’s 100% solar powered.
From Meta Efficient:
Designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the stadium incorporates 8,844 solar panels on the roof. The roof will generate enough energy to power the building’s 3,300 lights and two giant television screens.
On hot days, the stadium will generate more power than it needs, so the Taiwanese government plans to sell the excess capacity. A Taiwanese official said that the panels will generate 1.14 million KWh per year, preventing 660 tons of annual carbon dioxide.
Brilliant! Why not take advantage of all that sunlight? And it’s beautifully designed, as well. The solar panels were incorporated in such a way that they blend in effortlessly with the architecture. Next up: Yankee Stadium? We can dream.
Link Meta Efficient
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